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Home again. [graphic] / From the original painting by J. Noel Paton.
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Creator
Paton, J. Noël (Joseph Noël), Sir, 1821-1901 artist.
Contributor
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Home again. [graphic] / From the original painting by J. Noel Paton.
Publisher
[New York:] This picture is presented gratuitously to every purchaser of No. 71 of Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, the most instructive and entertaining family paper published]
Date
[[ca. 1865]
Extent
1 print: wood engraving; 70 x 56 cm.(28 x 22.5 in.)
Description
Genre scene showing a Civil War soldier being welcomed home by his family. The soldier, a bandage on his head, sits in his cozy parlor as his mother cries on his shoulder, his wife wraps herself around his waist, and their baby sleeps in a cradle. The soldier's gun and knapsack rest beside him against a side table.
Notes
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Genre
Wood engravings 1860-1870.
Genre prints 1860-1870.
Subject
Soldiers--United States.
Homecomings--United States.
Spatial coverage
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace.
Is part of
Civil War Soldiers
Call number
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5786.F.141a]
Accession number
5786.F.141a
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